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@uiten tatts garnt @fitta T. SAWYER PHILLIPS, OF GASADAGA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND M. J. BELLOWS,OF DUNKIB-K, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 69,583, drnttctl October 8, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN ANIMAL TRAPS.

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TO ALL WHOM-'I'l MAY CONGERN:

Be it known that I, T. SAWYER PHILLIPS, of Casadaga, Chautauqua county, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Animal Trap; and I do hereby declarev that the following,r is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in whichy Figure I is a top plan view.

Figure Il is a'longitudinal section.

The nature cf'this invent-ion consists in the construction of an animal trap having a table or platform revolving upon a central axis, and provided with a. latch and hait-bar at cach end, anda spring and catch arranged therewith in such manner that as an animal., (rats, mice, or other animals,) passes over the table and seizes the bait he will thereby unfnsten the latch-har and permit the table (by the action of the spring and the weight of the animal) to malte a quick half revolution, throwing the animal into u tight box below, and setting itself for another animal, and so on.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like .parts in each ofthe figures.

A represents a platform, which is hinged-in the centre in a manner to divide the platform into two equal parts. It is supported in bearings a formed in the bottom of an oblong case, B, which is open at one end, and has aglass cover, b', at the other, the platform constituting a portion of the bottom of the case. O represents alateh-bar, which extends' longitudinally from the glass cover b to the opposite end of the platform, and is hinged :is shown at c. One-half of it is located above the platform and holds the bait, and the other half is placed within arecess cut in the platform, and projects from the end thereof sufficiently to engage with the spring-catene? and stop-pin d, attached to the solid portion of the bottom of the ease. Within the recess above mentioned two fiat springs c c, fastened to the platform, and pressing one upon each side of the latch-bar retaint-he same in a position in line with the stop-,pin d, with sufficient play to allow a slight movement of the latcli-bar to either side, for the purpose of releasing or unlatehing the platform. A latch-bar of similar construction is placed in thc same manner upon the under side of the platform, which, when the same makes onehalf revolution, takes the place ofthe former upon the. top thereof. F represents a coil spring, enclosed within case,f, one end of which spring is attached to the shaft or bearing a', and the other to thc inside ofthe case fl. The spring case is provided with a projection upon its circumference, so that when the spring,` is wound up it may be retained in thatzposition by the pinfz.

The operation of my improved trap is as follows: A bait being tirmly attached to the projecting free end of the latch-'har C, near the glass end of the case, the sprin-gF is wound up and scoured by the pin f2, and the trap placed upon an opening in the head of a barrel, or in a box or other receptacle, in such manner that the platform A. may freely revolve within said opening. The .trap being thus set, it will permit animals to approach it, walk over the platform and around the bait without intcrferinggir 'with the mechanism of' the trap,l but as soon :is the'yhegin to nibble at the'bait and pull the same, and with it the latch-bar, sidewise, its other end will slip from underthe stop-pin d, thereby releasing or unlatching the platform, which will then by means ofthe spring F he forced to revolve upon its axis in a manner to withdraw the end nearest the glass from under the animals feet and precipitate them into the receptacle below. The platform, after having made one-half revolution around its "axis, will again be locked by means ofthe secondlatch-bar, which passes the spring-catch c, and is arrested by the stop-pin d; Another bait having,` been fastened to this latch-bar, it will operate in the same manner. If the bait is securely attached to the latch-bars it will last a long time, and will entr-ap a great number of animals before it is used up.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isy An animal trap, having arevolving table, A, provided with catch and bait-bars C at each end and upon opposite sides thereof, coil spring F, spring-catch c2, and stoppin d, constructed and operating substantially as herein described.

` T. SAWYER PHILLIPS.

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W. Sjrcr HATCH, A. Ill-PHILLIPS. 

